Pump Up the Volume
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Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 teen drama film starring Christian Slater as a pirate radio DJ who inspires rebellion among high school students.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
→
teen drama film → |
| cinematographyBy | Walt Lloyd → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| director | Allan Moyle → |
| distributor | New Line Cinema NERFINISHED → |
| editedBy | Larry Bock NERFINISHED → |
| filmingLocation | Arizona → |
| genre |
coming-of-age film
→
drama film → independent film → teen drama film → |
| hasCultFollowing | true → |
| hasSoundtrack |
Pump Up the Volume
→
surface form: "Pump Up the Volume (soundtrack)"
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| mainCharacter | Mark Hunter → |
| mainCharacterAlterEgo | pirate radio DJ → |
| mainCharacterOccupation | high school student → |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Christian Slater → |
| medium | feature film → |
| mpaaRating | R → |
| musicBy | Cliff Martinez → |
| notableFor |
depiction of pirate radio culture
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portrayal of disaffected youth in the early 1990s → |
| originalLanguage | English → |
| plotSummary | A shy high school student runs a pirate radio station that inspires rebellion among his classmates. → |
| producer | Sandy Stern NERFINISHED → |
| productionCompany | New Line Cinema NERFINISHED → |
| releaseDate | 1990-08-22 → |
| releaseYear | 1990 → |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 → |
| setIn |
Arizona
→
suburban high school → |
| starring |
Andy Romano
→
Annie Ross → Christian Slater → Ellen Greene NERFINISHED → Robert Schenkkan → Samantha Mathis → Scott Paulin NERFINISHED → |
| theme |
alienation
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censorship → freedom of speech → identity → teen rebellion → |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1980s → |
| writer | Allan Moyle → |
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this entity surface form: "Pump Up the Volume (soundtrack)"